Appointments

Irish solicitor Andrea Clarke has joined UAE firm Vaishvik Law International as a senior solicitor. Ms Clarke heads up the new Irish desk at the firm, which is headquartered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and led by English barristers Satinder Hunjan KC and Naveen Agnihotri.

Solicitor Colette Bennett has joined The Wheel's senior management team as director of advocacy and research. The Wheel is Ireland's national association of charities, community groups and social enterprises, representing over 2,300 members.

Northern Ireland firm ATC Solicitors has appointed Darren Rainey and Andrew Campbell as partners. Mr Rainey, who takes on the role of head of property, has over 20 years' experience practising property law in Northern Ireland. He previously spent a number of years in a North Down firm leading an exc

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has appointed Jason Byrne as director with a focus on growing its insolvency services. A highly-specialised solicitor with years of experience in dealing with corporate and personal insolvency in Northern Ireland, Mr Byrne joins from a national firm where he

Éamonn Conlon SC has taken up the post of chair of the Adjudication Society in Ireland. Mr Conlon is joined in the new Irish leadership team by Clare Cashin, Jarleth Heneghan and Alan Brady BL, who will work closely with the Society's junior vice-chair Arran Dowling-Hussey.

Barrister and arbitrator Arran Dowling-Hussey has been appointed as an adjunct professor at UCC School of Law. Mr Dowling-Hussey maintains a busy practice from the Law Library in Dublin, 4-5 Gray's Inn Square in London, and the Chambers of James Corbett KC.

Medical and professional negligence specialist firm Liston Flavin LLP has promoted Aoife O'Kane to partner. Ms O'Kane has six years' experience practising as a solicitor, primarily in plaintiff medical negligence litigation.

Pinsent Masons has hired funds partner Conor Durkin to lead its funds team in Dublin as it continues to grow its pan-European funds capabilities. Mr Durkin specialises in investment funds and asset management and regularly advises on the establishment, structuring and operation of funds covering a r

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced the appointment of Mark White as chair of the partnership and the promotion of seven of its senior associates to of counsel.

Attorney General Rossa Fanning has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct full professor. Mr Fanning, who is a UCD Bachelor of Law graduate, was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed senior counsel in 2016.

Former RDJ managing partner Richard Martin has been appointed as an adjunct professor of law at University College Cork. Mr Martin remains a partner at RDJ, which he led from 2012 to 2022, during which time the firm expanded from its bases in Cork and Galway into Dublin and now employs 270 people.

Dillon Eustace LLP has promoted Laura Goonan and Hannah Fenlon to partners in its asset management and investment funds practice in Dublin. Ms Goonan advises a wide variety of investment funds, investment managers, fund management companies and other service providers in the asset management sector

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has appointed Hazel Doyle as a partner in its asset management and investment funds (AMIF) practice in Dublin. Ms Doyle, who joins from Arthur Cox LLP, has more than a decade of experience in the funds industry, with her practice covering the full spectrum of adviso

Matthew Kenny has been elected as president of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) for the coming year. Mr Kenny, a partner in O'Sullivan Kenny Solicitors, was elected on Tuesday to succeed Susan Martin, under whom he served as vice-president.

Specialist boutique employment law firm McInnes Dunne Murphy LLP has appointed Jane Babb as a consultant and Fiona Sharkey as a senior associate. Ms Sharkey joins from one of the biggest Irish law firms, where she trained and practised as an employment solicitor for eight years. She advises on the f